There are some basic techniques that candidates will need to know how to do to prepare the other assignments in the portfolio. The candidates will create examples for each of these elements – embed, link, snip, cut/paste, and pdf.
These examples will be linked to candidate’s Digital Technology Portfolio.
1) Embed a Video Example: Video from YouTube
1) Go to YouTube.com. Find an education-related video.
2) Click on the SHARE link, then the EMBED link.
3) Highlight the EMBED CODE and right click to copy it.
4) Go to wikispaces.com and login to your wiki.
5) Go to the Week 2 - 05 Practice Basic Digital Techniques page.
6) Click the EDIT button. Make sure the cursor is where on the page you want to put the video.
7) Click the WIDGET button.
8) Click the Video button. Click on the YouTube button.
9) Click in the box to get the cursor in. Then right click.
10) Click Paste to EMBED the copied code into the box.
11) Click SAVE.
Example:
2) Add a Link Example:
1) Go to YouTube.com. Find an education-related video.
2) Click on the SHARE link.
3) Highlight the URL and right click to copy it.
4) Go to wikispaces.com and login to your wiki.
5) Go to the Week 2 - 05 Practice Basic Digital Techniques page.
6) Click the EDIT button. Make sure the cursor is where on the page you want to put the video.
7) Click the LINK button.
8) Click the Web Address button. Enter the Link Text that you want to use. Check the New Window box.
9) Right click in the Address box to get the cursor in it. Then right click again.
10) Click Paste to enter the copied URL into the box.
Practice Basic Digital Techniques (Chapter 3)
There are some basic techniques that candidates will need to know how to do to prepare the other assignments in the portfolio. The candidates will create examples for each of these elements – embed, link, snip, cut/paste, and pdf.
These examples will be linked to candidate’s Digital Technology Portfolio.
1) Embed a Video Example: Video from YouTube
1) Go to YouTube.com. Find an education-related video.
2) Click on the SHARE link, then the EMBED link.
3) Highlight the EMBED CODE and right click to copy it.
4) Go to wikispaces.com and login to your wiki.
5) Go to the Week 2 - 05 Practice Basic Digital Techniques page.
6) Click the EDIT button. Make sure the cursor is where on the page you want to put the video.
7) Click the WIDGET button.
8) Click the Video button. Click on the YouTube button.
9) Click in the box to get the cursor in. Then right click.
10) Click Paste to EMBED the copied code into the box.
11) Click SAVE.
Example:
2) Add a Link Example:
1) Go to YouTube.com. Find an education-related video.
2) Click on the SHARE link.
3) Highlight the URL and right click to copy it.
4) Go to wikispaces.com and login to your wiki.
5) Go to the Week 2 - 05 Practice Basic Digital Techniques page.
6) Click the EDIT button. Make sure the cursor is where on the page you want to put the video.
7) Click the LINK button.
8) Click the Web Address button. Enter the Link Text that you want to use. Check the New Window box.
9) Right click in the Address box to get the cursor in it. Then right click again.
10) Click Paste to enter the copied URL into the box.
11) Click Add Link.
12) Click SAVE.
Example: Youtube
3) Add a SCREEN SHOT Example: picture
1) Find an IMAGE (Can be a picture, file, or web page)
2) Go to Start, then All Programs, then Accessories, then Snipping Tools (This could be on the Taskbar on the bottom of the Desktop)
3) Click Snipping Tool
4) Click NEW button. (Choose a Rectangular Snip.)
5) Crop/Highlight the part of the image you want to use. (The picture will be "greyed out")
6) Click SAVE AS to the Desktop. Rename if desired.
7) Go to wikispaces.com and login to your wiki.
8) Go to the Week 2 - 05 Practice Basic Digital Techniques page.
9) Click the EDIT button. Make sure the cursor is where on the page you want to put the image.
10) Click the FILE button
11) Click the +Upload Files button.
12) Browse to find the image file.
13) Click to Upload the file. Wait until the file upload is completed.
13) CLOSE this window.
14) You should be back at the EDIT toolbar. Click on Link button.
15) Click on Page or File Link. Name the Link Text. Check New Window box. WIKI should be on the one you logged into.
16) Click in the PAGE NAME box to get the cursor in the box.
17) Scroll to find the file your just uploaded.
18) Click on it.
19) Click on ADD LINK.
20) Save the page.
Example:
4) Convert a document to a .pdf file
1) Open a MS Word document.
2) You will need to Save the file as a .pdf file instead of a .doc or .docx file.
3) Do a SAVE AS. In the SAVE as TYPE: box, choose .pdf from the drop down box.
4) Go to wikispaces.com and login to your wiki.
5) Click the EDIT button on the Week 2 - 05 Practice Basic Digital Techniques page.
Make sure the cursor is where you want.
6) Click the FILE button.
7) Click the +Upload Files button.
8) Browse to find the .pdf file.
9) Click to Upload the file. Wait until the file upload is completed.
10) CLOSE this window.
11) You should be back at the EDIT toolbar. Click on Link button.
12) Click on Page or File Link. Name the Link Text. Check New Window box. WIKI should be on the one you logged into.
13) Click in the PAGE NAME box to get the cursor in there.
14) Scroll to find the file your just uploaded.
15) Click on it.
16) Click on ADD LINK.
17) Save the page.
Word Document Example
Editing will be possible.
Converted PDF of the Word Document
Formatting can not be changed except in a program like Adobe Acrobat or a pdf generator. An example is pdfescape.com